Edinburgh vs Samsun - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Samsun
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$858
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1884
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$436
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$570
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$269
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$55
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$689
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	88	23
😀 Quality of life	94	56
🏙️ Population	488K	1.37M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 149% more expensive than in Samsun. Cities ranked 1491st and 6234th ($2140 vs $858) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 10th in the United Kingdom and Turkey, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Turkey comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.8 months in Samsun. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Samsun ranked 13th in Turkey, while ranked 34th and 5708th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Samsun

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	Edinburgh	Samsun
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$5.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$24.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$8.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$2.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$1.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$388
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$715
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$458
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$31.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$47.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	39.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$4101
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$2714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$13.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$5.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$5.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$17.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$9.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$2.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$3.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$3.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$65.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$4.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$67.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$7315

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

Cities near Samsun

Distance	City	Cost of living
82 km or 51 mi	Unye	$665
82 km or 51 mi	Amasya	$578
110 km or 69 mi	Tokat	$587
128 km or 80 mi	Sinop	$653
134 km or 84 mi	Ordu	$612
142 km or 88 mi	Corum	$593
180 km or 112 mi	Giresun	$495
180 km or 112 mi	Sivas	$948
208 km or 129 mi	Yozgat	$723
213 km or 132 mi	Kastamonu	$492
240 km or 149 mi	Cankiri	$650
280 km or 174 mi	Gumushane	$617
285 km or 177 mi	Ortahisar	$652
287 km or 178 mi	Trabzon	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Kirikkale	$655
293 km or 182 mi	Kayseri	$672
297 km or 184 mi	Talas	$645
301 km or 187 mi	Kirsehir	$663
309 km or 192 mi	Karabuk	$627
317 km or 197 mi	Erzincan	$621
326 km or 203 mi	Nevsehir	$698
330 km or 205 mi	Ankara	$959
335 km or 208 mi	Bartin	$710
348 km or 216 mi	Bayburt	$607
352 km or 219 mi	Rize	$661
368 km or 229 mi	Malatya	$544
378 km or 235 mi	Sochi	$846
379 km or 236 mi	Aksaray	$406
381 km or 237 mi	Elazig	$492
395 km or 246 mi	Nigde	$699
399 km or 248 mi	Novorossiysk	$617
401 km or 249 mi	Polatli	$691
402 km or 250 mi	Bolu	$616
407 km or 253 mi	Bor	$664
410 km or 255 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
415 km or 258 mi	Kahramanmaras	$557
426 km or 265 mi	Adiyaman	$644
429 km or 266 mi	Kozan	$585
431 km or 268 mi	Sukhumi	$760
433 km or 269 mi	Sevastopol	$683